NEWS RELEASE: Price Data Systems Signs Partnership with Cincom Systems

By Steve Kayser · April 24, 2009 · Filed in Cincom Acquire, Cincom Manufacturing Business Solutions, News Releases

Partnership focuses on Cincom Acquire Sales and Product Configurator for Microsoft CRM

Price Data Systems (http://www.priceinc.com) , a business solutions and data analysis provider, has signed a partnership agreement with worldwide software provider, Cincom Systems (http://www.cincom.com) to resell and provide consulting services for Cincom Acquire Sales and Product Configurator for Microsoft CRM (http://www.cincomacquire.com) beginning immediately. Cincom Acquire Sales and Product Configurator for Microsoft CRM enables complex businesses to capture and deliver critical application, product, pricing, and process knowledge to the point of sale in real time – ensuring the optimal fit between product offerings and customers’ needs.

“There are not many configurators in the CRM space capable of handling complex pricing and product and services configurations,” says Dan Price, President, Price Data Systems. “Cincom’s configuration technology is a great addition to our technology and services portfolio. By being able to offer companies a sales configuration technology uniquely designed for them and fully compatible with their existing Microsoft CRM infrastructure, we’re able to better assist them in achieving results quickly and efficiently.”

To the end-user, the interoperability between Cincom Acquire Sales and Product Configurator and Microsoft CRM is seamless. Microsoft CRM toolbar buttons open a web-based version of Cincom’s Sales and Product Configurator within the system that lists all of the products that can be configured. Products configured in the Cincom Acquire Sales and Product Configurator are stored and routed in the Microsoft CRM applications.

Cincom Acquire Website

“It’s important to us that we help our partners and customers grow their businesses,” says Gregor Newland, channel development manager for Cincom Acquire. “We’re focused on helping Price Data Systems deliver what Cincom calls “The Perfect Customer Experience” as Price Data Systems provides services and consulting to assure implementations. Combining their business process and consulting expertise with Cincom’s technology expertise, end-customers are the big beneficiaries.”

Voice of the Cincom Acquire Customer

Cincom Acquire has helped manufacturers selling complex engineer-to-order or configure-to-order products successfully streamline their sales, design, and proposal processes by delivering critical product and sales knowledge to the point of sale, while significantly reducing “quote to cash” time. Cincom has helped manufacturers reduce proposal generation time from five days to 15 minutes, decrease time to close a sale by 80 percent, and cut lead times from 14 weeks to six weeks.

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About Price Data Systems

Founded in 1978, Price Data Systems (http://www.priceinc.com) provides financial, ERP, MRP and CRM solutions based upon the award-winning Microsoft Dynamics solution set. Price Data Systems customers serve the manufacturing, distribution, retail, and service industries. For more information, contact (502) 499-5375.

About Cincom

For 40 years, Cincom’s problem-solving software, services, and people have helped thousands of companies all over the world grow and manage their businesses. For more information about Cincom’s partner program, contact Cincom at 1-800-2CINCOM (USA only), send an e-mail to partners@cincom.com, or visit the company’s website at www.cincom.com/partners.

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